Letters: Selfless volunteers

I was one of those 1,000 signatures who signed the petition supporting a museum at Solitude House in 2001. Over time, memories fade and new arrivals forget the time, effort, hardship and compassion it took to bring this dream to fruition. Whether receiving calls from a frightened tenant asking us to bail out the basement after a flooding storm in the middle of the night on a weekend, or bailing out water from a broken radiator at 1 a.m. or any other issue, our trustees and volunteers have always been selflessly on call for a decade at Solitude House. We’ve received many awards because of our accomplishments, but most importantly we have educated thousands of children on local and state history.